ecocentre

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noun

An institution set up to promote environmental awareness.

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Meanings

nounecocentre (plural ecocentres)

plural ecocentres · alternative eco-centre

  1. An institution set up to promote environmental awareness.

    […] an ecocentre at the Parkdale High School […]

    1980, Victoria. Parliament, Parliamentary Debates (Hansard), volume 355, page 4025
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    The proposed bird garden will in future may turn into an ecocentre for creating public awareness as well as training area for budding ecologists, […]

    1998, Tej Kumar Shreshtha, The Spiny Babbler: An Endemic Bird of Nepal, page 115

    Bouctouche is proud of its native son and today honours K.C. Irving in many ways, including a statue-monument, a park, an arboretum, and an ecocentre.

    2009, Donald J. Savoie, I'm from Bouctouche, Me: Roots Matter, page 50

Origin

From eco- + centre.

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